With its unique ability to transmute items into new ones, the Horadric Cube was one of the most useful and iconic items in Diablo II. And while Diablo III had no item like this so far, that will change in an upcoming content patch. »6/24/15 9:40am 6/24/15 9:40am

Even though the Arcane Sanctuary and the jungles of Act 3 in Diablo II were not the nicest maps with their unforgiving layout and enemies, there's something in laztheripper's Minecraft recreation that makes me want to log back and run through them again. »8/18/14 9:20am 8/18/14 9:20am

Original design plans for Diablo III involved an MMORPG-like chatroom that would replace the menu-based Battle.net interface, says Diablo co-creator David Brevik. Instead of just scrolling through chatrooms, you'd cross through towns and interact with players by trading and selling items. »8/21/12 1:00pm 8/21/12 1:00pm

On the eve of the release of Diablo III, I've been hearing chatter about the great Diablo series from office colleagues who I didn't even realize were fans. It turns out, for example, that Greg from finance not only loves Diablo, but he used scam people in it. Today, the man who cuts my paychecks is reformed (thank…»5/14/12 2:00pm 5/14/12 2:00pm

College is all about getting exposure to new ideas and experiences. For me, after I made friends with a couple of PC gamers my sophomore year, those experiences began to include countless new games. We routinely played
Worms Armageddon »5/10/12 9:00pm 5/10/12 9:00pm or (hot-seat mode on both) until dawn and then kept going through the next…

Blizzard is offering one more way to keep your World of Warcraft and StarCraft II account safe, this time by making a standard, toll-free phone call to authorize any weird login attempts. »11/09/10 9:00pm 11/09/10 9:00pm

Ten years ago today, Blizzard unleashed a second helping of hell on PC gamers. A decade later we're still waiting on a sequel. Let's celebrate ten years of Diablo II, while poking Blizzard to hurry up with the third game. »6/29/10 2:00pm 6/29/10 2:00pm

Blizzard, the company behind the Warcraft and Diablo franchises, does not screw around when it swings the banhammer, booting 320,000 online accounts tonight from some of its most popular games. »4/21/10 4:30am 4/21/10 4:30am

Say what you want about Blizzard's ability to get Diablo III out the door in a timely fashion. But you can't knock the developer for its support of older games, especially in light of Diablo II's new patch. »12/10/09 10:20pm 12/10/09 10:20pm

Online game developer Nitrogen has just announced L.A.W., a post-apocalyptic multiplayer online game for adults designed by the lead artist for Diablo II and a "well-known movie director from the Star Wars". »3/31/09 5:20pm 3/31/09 5:20pm

Before Blizzard puts the final touches on Diablo III, which we expect within the next decade or so, it's patching up Diablo II. And Blizzard wants to know what you want to see addressed. »3/04/09 6:40pm 3/04/09 6:40pm

Microsoft isn't the only one swinging the account crushing banhammer just before the holiday rush. Blizzard has suspended an impressive 350,000 Battle.net accounts identified as using "third-party hacks" in both
StarCraft »11/11/08 7:40pm 11/11/08 7:40pm and . According to folks at Blizzard, this is on top of an additional 7,700 accounts getting the…